By Jillian Urcelay

1  SPY OPTIC has announced that Joe Freitag is returning to the SPY family in the newly created role of vice president of brand, making him responsible for the guidance and alignment of SPY’s marketing and product strategy on a global level.

2  CLEARVISION OPTICAL has been named to Newsday’s list of “Best Companies to Work for in 2019.”

3  MARCOLIN GROUP and Omega SA and Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd., have entered into a collaboration for the design, production and distribution of OMEGA and Longines branded sunglasses and eyeglasses for men and women.

4  CHARMANT GROUP has renewed its licensing cooperation the global fashion brand ESPRIT, celebrating their silver anniversary as business partners with this 25 year association.

5  THEMA OPTICAL has announced a new recycling program in partnership with international recycling leader TerraCycle specializing in collecting and re-purposing hard-to-recycle waste through a variety of platforms, including large-scale recycling.

6  RAEN has named Globe International as its new exclusive distributor in Australia and New Zealand.